Previous research findings indicate that women suffer a variety of detrimental effects from exposure to violentpornography. This study used an experimental paradigm to examine the effects of a moderate alcohol dose and alcohol expectancies on women’s acute reactions to a violentpornographic stimulus. A community sample of female social drinkers (N = 134) read an eroticized rape depiction after completing an alcohol administration protocol. As predicted, intoxicated participants were less likely to label the depicted events as rape than their sober counterparts. A path analytic model illustrated that participants’ self-reported sexual arousal to the stimulus, as influenced by alcohol consumption and expectancies, resulted in increased rape myth congruent perceptions of the victim and decreased labeling of the incident as rape. Findings suggest that acute alcohol intoxication during violentpornography exposure may ultimately result in women developing more calloused attitudes toward rape and rape victims. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved)(from the journal abstract)